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A reply unto M. Hardinges answerA replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare
A reply unto M. Hardinges answer by perusing whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weak, and unstable grounds of the Romaine religion, which of late hath been accounted Catholic. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare by perusinge whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weake, and vnstable groundes of the Romaine religion, whiche of late hath beene accompted Catholique. By Iohn Iewel Bishoppe of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Black Oliphant, by Henry Wykes, Anno. 1565Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Blacke Oliphante, by Henry VVykes, Anno. 1565
Article 5 › M. Harding. The .5. Division.Article 5 › M. Hardinge. The .5. Diuision.
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M. Harding. The .5. Division.
M. Hardinge. The .5. Diuision.
These places of the Scripture, and many other reporting plainly, that Christ at his Supper gave to his Disciples his very Body, even that same, which the day following suffered Death on the Cross, have ministered just cause to the (130)1 godly and learned Fathers of the Church, to say, that Christs Body is Present in this Sacrament Really, Substantially, Corporally, Carnally, and Naturally. By use of which Adverbs they have meant only a trueth of being, and not a way, or mean of being. And though this manner of speaking be not thus expressed in the Scripture, yet is it deduced out of the Scripture. For if Christ spake plainly, (131)2 and used no Trope, Figure, nor Metaphor, as the Scripture it self sufficiently declareth to an humble believer, and would his Disciples to understand him, so as he spake in manifest terms, when he said, This is my Body, which is given for you: Then may we say, that in the Sacrament his very Body is Present, yea, Really, that is to say in deed, Substantially, that is, in Substance, and Corporally, Carnally, and Naturally: by which words is meant, that his very Body, his very Flesh, and his very human Nature is there, not after Corporal, Carnal, or Natural wise, but invisibly, unspeakably, miraculously, supernaturally, spiritually, divinely, and by way to him only known.
These places of the Scripture, and many other reportinge plainely, that Christ at his Supper gaue to his Disciples his very Body, euen that same, whiche the day folowinge suffered Death on the Crosse, haue ministred iust cause to the (130)